Call For Participation

RESEARCH NETWORK 1989

 http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/index.html

Towards 2009, the 20th anniversary of 1989, a global window of attention
opens. While particularly in Central and Eastern Europe participants,
observers and academics will be recording their interpretations, 1989 was
also a global and world-historical event. 1989 happened in Central and
Eastern Europe, but it did so too in China or Western Europe, in East Asia
or North America. The end of that which has been called the East-West
divide, Cold War, Soviet empire, communist party rule, state socialism and
so on, is world historically significant, as is the social and cultural
transformation that ensued. 1989 was a watershed for events which came in
its aftermath: a new geopolitical configuration, the rise of China and
India, European Union enlargement, trans-national economics and changing
values on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Yet, cultural, economic, legal,
political and social interpretations are intertwined with the flow of
history and are themselves subject to appropriation and revision by actors.
‘Before’ and ‘after’ 1989 are thus inextricably linked.

The Research Network 1989 has the following aims:
1. To investigate the global, historical and contemporary changes associated
with the year 1989, particularly in a trans-national and comparative
perspective.
2. To provide a meeting ground for the post-1989 generation of EastWest
scholars who typically have received scholarships and prizes to ‘go East’,
‘go West’ and ‘go around the world’.
3. To intellectually prepare the coming 20th anniversary in 2009.

RN 1989 members are recruited worldwide, from disciplines in the social
sciences and humanities: anthropology, cultural studies, economics, history,
law, management, political science and sociology. The RN 1989 has a
trans-national, interdisciplinary and comparative agenda. Associates
typically are assistant professors, post-docs and advanced PhD researchers.
A copy of the research and network policy is available from the website:
http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/SOPolicy.pdf 

The website offers further information on
4. The trans-national and interdisciplinary working groups that constitute
the core of the Research Network 1989;
5. Themes of the RN 1989 such as professional development, digital
instrumentation and the open access working paper series;
6. A listing of all Associates, the Steering Committee and the Advisory Board;
7. The results of the Opening Plenary and the planned activities and events
2007-2010 (available by 30 January 2007).
8. Ways to join the RN 1989 by submitting a working group proposal or, else,
an individual working paper proposal:
http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/Membership/index.html

Applications to join the Research Network 1989 are welcome until 30 May 2007.

Sincerely yours,

Chris Armbruster

Research Network 1989
Founder and Executive Director
http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/


Disclaimer: The Research Network 1989 was founded at the European University
Institute, but it is not affiliated to the EUI. However, the Opening Plenary
was held at the EUI in November 2006, thanks to support from the President,
Yves Meny, and Professor Arfon Rees:
http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/plenary/index.html 

Past Fellow of the Fondazione Antonio Ruberti (awarded by EIROforum -
European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN); European Fusion
Development Agreement (EFDA); European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL);
European Space Agency (ESA); European Southern Observatory (ESO); European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF); Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL).
Past Visiting Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European
University Institute
Past Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute

Research articles (available at http://ssrn.com/author=434782)
- Explaining 1989: Soviet imperial breakdown and structural stasis
- Soviet relations of domination: Legitimate or illegitimate?
- The rise of the post-doc as principal investigator? How PhDs and Post-docs
may advance their career and knowledge claims in the new Europe of Knowledge
- On diversifying and increasing university income: autonomy and
self-reliance after the Entrepreneurial University
- Open access in social and cultural science: Innovative moves to enhance
access, inclusion and impact in scholarly communication
- Cyberscience and the knowledge-based economy, open access and trade
publishing: from contradiction to compatibility with nonexclusive copyright
licensing